Building an

Open Source

Community

Robert “Bob” Reyes

Philippines

About Me•Mozilla Rep & Mozilla Reps Council

member from The Philippines.

•Graduate of BS in Computer Science

from the AMA University (the first ICT university in Asia).

MA in Learning & Teaching from De La Salle

University (DLSU) Manila.

•Spent 16 years in the field of Aviation Support.

•Full time IT Consultant & Business owner now.

•Dad to Robyn Andi Xeon & Bea Gaia Haswell.

•Firefox user since version 1.

What is

Mozilla?

History of Mozilla

On 23 Feb 1998, Netscape Communications Corp.

created a project called Mozilla (Mosaic + Godzilla).

Mozilla was launched 31 Mar 1998.

Mozilla’s Mission

Build the Internet as a global public resource, open & accessible to

all.

Mozilla in the Philippines• No Mozilla employee based in the

Philippines.

• The Mozilla Philippines Community

(MozillaPH) is composed of

volunteers: students & professionals

since Sep 2009.

• There are 09 Mozilla Representative

(ReMo) in the country as of date.

• Hundreds of Firefox Student

Ambassadors (FSA)

across 7,000 islands.

Where is the PHL?

What is a Community?

What is a Community?

•A group of people having the condition of sharing or

having certain attitudes & interests in common.

•Very popular term in the open source scene.

•What makes a community successful (or

unsuccessful)?

The Mozilla Community

•The Mozilla Community uses, develops, spreads &

supports Mozilla and promotes free software and

open standards.

•Mozilla is a free software community which produces

the Firefox web browser.

• In the PHL, we started around Sep 2009.

•Currently, there are 09 Mozilla Reps in the PHL

under the guidance of a Community Manager.

oAll volunteers.

A Strong Community Needs

•Shared Beliefs

•Shared Responsibility & Ownership

•Shared Leadership

•Open Communications

•Fun & Enjoyment

Shared Beliefs

•Some may say it is only

applicable to the

corporate world.

•Defines the purpose,

mission and core values

of the community.

oRegular Strategic

Planning

•Why do we have the

community in the first

place?

Shared Responsibility & Ownership

•Responsibility is a feeling

of ownership.

•Who’s responsible for

what?

o Don’t wait for someone to take the

task if you know that you may handle

it well.

•What are my

responsibilities under

shared ownership?

•Teamwork is key.

Shared Leadership

•Leadership does not

depend on a single

person.

•How people act together

to make sense of the

situations that face them.

•Majority vote wins.

•All are born leaders.

Open Communications

•Your left hand must know

what the right hand is

doing.

•Find solutions as a team.

•Be transparent to one

another.

• In the PHL, we have a

common email <info@>

Fun & Enjoyment

•Very important!

•All work & no play is not

good.

•Give yourselves a treat

every after a job well

done.

Thank you!!!

http://bobreyes.com

@bobreyes